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explanations:-
this is step:- 17


Work down boxes 2, 5 & 8 filling in all the possible values for each empty cell.

This finds 4 and therefore 9 in box 2 leaving only 8 & 3 for the last two cells


As we have found 4 in box 2 above, c5/r6 must be 2.
Therefore the last two cells in box 5 must be a 3 or 4.

It follows that row 5 in box 6 cannot have a 3 or 4 so it must be 5. The last cell in box 6 at c9r6 is therefore 4.

c1
c2
c3
 
c4
c5
c6
 
c7
c8
c9
 
279 
 
3
6 279
 
 
5
4
4  9
9
 
 
8
 
1
 
r1
box

1
2
&
3
 
1
258 
258 
 
 
7
box 2 
6
8 34
 
 
box 3 
9
 
r2
 
4
578 
6 5789
 
 
2
 
1
 8 9 3
 
 
 
 
r3
 
8
 
4
 
3
 
 
9
 
7
 
5
 
 
1
 
2
 
6
r4
box

4
5
&
6
 9 25
box 4 
1
9 25 
 
 
6
3 24
3 4
 
4 5 
5
box 6 
7
 
8
r5
 
6
 7 25
7 25 
 
 
8
 24
2
 
1
 
 
9
 
3
 4 5
4
r6
23 
 8 2
24  8
 
 
1
 
5
 
7
 
 
9
r7
box

7
8
&
9
2375 
box 7 
9
4  257
 
3 4 
box 8 
8
 
6
 
 
box 9 
 
1
r8
357 
 
6
 
1
 
 3 4
 
9
 
2
 
 
 
8
 
r9



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